1997
Sometimes you have to create your own history.
6.8
103
March 5, 1997
1h 25m
A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.
Original Title
The Watermelon Woman
Spoken Languages
English
Production Countries
United States of America
Budget
N/A
Revenue
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Production Companies
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Writer
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Director
Cheryl Dunye
Writer
Cheryl Dunye
Producer
Alexandra Juhasz, Barry Swimar
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Cheryl Dunye
Role: Cheryl
Guinevere Turner
Role: Diana
Valarie Walker
Role: Tamara
Lisa Marie Bronson
Role: Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards
Cheryl Clarke
Role: June Walker
Irene Dunye
Role: Self
Brian Freeman
Role: Lee Edwards
Ira Jeffries
Role: Shirley Hamilton
Alexandra Juhasz
Role: Martha Page
Camille Paglia
Role: Self
Sarah Schulman
Role: CLIT Archivist
V.S. Brodie
Role: Karaoke Singer
Shelley Olivier
Role: Annie Heath
David Rakoff
Role: Librarian
Toshi Reagon
Role: Street Musician
Christopher Ridenhour
Role: Bob
Kat Robertson
Role: Yvette
Jocelyn Taylor
Role: Stacey
Bill Wayterra
Role: Photographer
Elaine Freeman
Role: Bride's Mother
Erin Cramer
Role: Bride
Wellington Love
Role: Groom
Toni Nash
Role: Groom's Mother
Zoe Goldberg
Role: Little White Girl
Calder Goldberg
Role: Little White Boy
Shanell Johnson
Role: Little Black Girl 1
Olivia Bokelman
Role: Little Black Girl 2
Madelyn Bokelman
Role: Little Black Girl 3
Barry Swimar
Role: Relative in Yamulke
Sara Vogt
Role: "Plantation Memories" Mistress / Cassandra Brooke (photo)
Ana Margaret Sanchez
Role: "Souls of Deceit" Mulatto
Eve Oishi
Role: Karaoke Cute Girl / Woman in Audience (photo)
Joy Malinowski
Role: Emcee
Anthony Christopher
Role: Black Banker on the Street
Suzi Nash
Role: Black School Teacher on the Street
Earl Pittman
Role: Sorry Rosie 1
Jonathan Ellis
Role: Sorry Rosie 2
T. LaMonte McKinnon
Role: Sorry Rosie 3
S. Elizabeth Evans
Role: Leather Girl on the Street
Amadee Braxton
Role: Bus Stop Girl 1
Denise Sneed
Role: Bus Stop Girl 2
Robert Reid-Pharr
Role: Street Queen in Library Line / Fred DeShields (photo)
David Hanson
Role: Grungy White Boy
Rita Porter
Role: White Woman at Produce Truck
Brian Baisemore
Role: Produce Man
Gail Lloyd
Role: Diana's Black Date
Tatum Kendall
Role: White Girl Student 1
Tania Galloni
Role: White Girl Student 2
Jake Carlo
Role: White Boy Student
Zanobia Webb
Role: Poet
Nana Korantemaa
Role: Drummer
Nana Akousa Agyiriwah
Role: Percussionist
Virginia Manning
Role: Annie's Girlfriend
Patricia Ellis
Role: Mrs. Page-Fletcher
Lillie Hayes
Role: Her Maid
James Charles Roberts
Role: Newsreel Narrator (voice)
Robert Sciasci
Role: Police Officer
A. Ron Marigna
Role: Police Officer
Donnita Hamilton
Role: June's Next Door Neighbor
K. Brent Hill
Role: J. Liberty Wells
Jody Benjamin
Role: Josie
Claudine Benoit
Role: Butch at Party
Zoe Bissel
Role: White Bar Dyke
Anna Blume
Role: Eleanor Van Clyde
Mark Breitenberg
Role: Claude Thornton
Kenrick Cato
Role: Ray Blake / NAACP
Kristina Deutsch
Role: Sandra Vincent
Charlene Gilbert
Role: Card Playing Dyke
Reggie Griffin
Role: Hambone Jones
Valerie Manenti
Role: Rent Party and White Bar Dyke
Lilly Marnell
Role: Femme at Party
Fawn McGee
Role: Bobbi / Willa Clarke
Darrell Moore
Role: NAACP
Luciana Moreira
Role: Set Stylist
L.M. Doria Roberts
Role: Reba Richards / Banana Skirt
Linda Salerno
Role: Margaret Fitzgerald
Carolyn Shapiro
Role: White Actress
Julia Zay
Role: White Bar Dyke
